He didn't want to look back. He looked at the monitor instead. The 0.7beta version of Sunville was no longer a simulation of the past; it was a live feed of his own living room. And on the screen, his avatar was no longer a character he controlled. It was a doorway.
Slowly, the figure in the game began to turn its head toward the "camera." File: Sunville-0.7beta1-pc.zip ...
Leo’s mouse hand shook. On his screen, the avatar reached out and touched the glass of the sliding door. He didn't want to look back
The download finished at 3:00 AM, a jagged progress bar finally reaching 100%. sat on the desktop, its icon looking innocuous against a backdrop of half-finished spreadsheets. File: Sunville-0.7beta1-pc.zip ...